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Paul McCartney Turned Down His Own Netflix Roast (EXCLUSIVE)

Who wants to beat up a Beatle? Before Kevin Hart took the hot seat at this year’s live roast on Netflix, the spot was offered to none other than Paul McCartney, sources tell Variety. In an attempt to follow up 2024’s blockbuster Tom Brady roast with another “GOAT,” the producers at one point approached the […]

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Cannes Kicks Off With Peter Jackson Tribute, Jane Fonda and James Franco Returning From Cancellation

The 79th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, which launched on Tuesday night, is missing big studios movies and Hollywood stars. But at least it had a visitor from Middle Earth. Peter Jackson, the director of the “Lord of the Rings,” touched down in the South of France to accept an honorary Palme d’Or ahead […]

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Netflix’s ‘His & Hers’ the Most-Watched Show So Far in 2026; ABC Touts ‘High Potential’ As Tops in 18-49 This Broadcast Season

The year is still young, but through at least the first three and a half months of the year, Netflix’s “His & Hers” takes the crown for the most-watched series of 2026 — according to the latest multiplatform numbers from Nielsen. With 35 days of linear and streaming viewership in, “His & Hers” averaged 25.6 […]

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Seth MacFarlane Lands on Emmy Ballot Six Times as Peacock Mounts 19-Category ‘Ted’ Push, With Brennan Lee Mulligan in Guest Comedy (EXCLUSIVE)

The foul-mouthed teddy bear wants an Emmy. Peacock has submitted “Ted” across 19 categories at the Primetime Emmy Awards, Variety has learned exclusively, mounting one of the streamer’s most expansive comedy campaigns to date for the Seth MacFarlane-led series following a record-setting second season. The push lands MacFarlane on this year’s Emmy ballot in six […]

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Mia McKenna-Bruce Joins Anthony Hopkins and Charlotte Rampling in ‘The Species’ (EXCLUSIVE)

BAFTA Rising Star winner Mia McKenna-Bruce has joined the cast of “The Species,” the upcoming drama from Justin Chadwick (“Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom,” “The Other Boleyn Girl,” “Bleak House”). The “How to Have Sex” breakout, recently seen in “The Lady” and set to star in the upcoming “The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event,” […]

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ABC Fall 2026 Schedule: ‘High Potential’ Moves to Midseason in Surprise Shift; ‘Scrubs’ Gets Fall Slot

ABC announced a fall schedule on Tuesday that doesn’t look much different than last year’s, but with one major exception: “High Potential,” which has turned into ABC’s signature primetime drama hit, isn’t there. In what may be the most surprising move of the fall, ABC has opted to hold Season 3 of “High Potential” for […]

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Madonna to Premiere ‘Confessions II’ Visual Film at Tribeca Festival

Madonna is returning to the Tribeca Festival to present the world premiere of “Confessions II,” a visual film. Directed by David Toro and Solomon Chase (TORSO), the film is built around the first six tracks of her upcoming studio album, “Confessions II” — a follow-up to her critically acclaimed 2005 dance record “Confessions on a […]

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Laika and The Gotham Film & Media Institute Reveal Inaugural Fellows for Animation Accelerator Program (EXCLUSIVE)

The Gotham Film & Media Institute and Laika have unveiled the inaugural fellows for the Laika x Gotham Animation Accelerator, a new initiative supporting early to mid-career animation creators developing animated short film pitches. The first class of fellows includes Ben Ellebracht, Emily Ann Hoffman and Searit Kahsay Huluf. The six-month program provides mentorship, access […]

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Nurse John Sets North American Tour (EXCLUSIVE)

John Dela Cruz, aka Nurse John, the former healthcare worker turned comedian and social media personality, has announced a North American tour. His “Against Medical Advice” show features all-new material about the chaos, comedy and camaraderie of working in healthcare. The tour kicks off Sept. 10 in South Carolina and extends through Dec. 27 in […]

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‘Harry Potter Meets MBTI’ Franchise ‘Solis Ark Academy’ Leads AI Studio Storyverse Into Cannes Market (EXCLUSIVE)

Storyverse, a new AI-native entertainment studio founded by Emmy-nominated producer Jesse Z., has made its market debut at Cannes, presenting a multi-genre slate and a proprietary filmmaking system the company says can move projects from script to screen in as few as five days. The Los Angeles-based company combines Hollywood film professionals and AI engineers […]

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‘Doctor Dolittle: King of the Wild’ Begins Production Under Sycamore Studios and Reel FX Animation (EXCLUSIVE)

Get ready to talk to the animals! Sycamore Studios has announced that production is underway on “Doctor Dolittle: King of the Wild.”The new feature film is based on Hugh Lofting’s literary property and will be animated in partnership with Reel FX Animation Studios. Per the official description, “Doctor Dolittle is a world-famous zoologist who must […]

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‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ Struts to Second Week Victory at U.K. and Ireland Box Office

The U.K. and Ireland box office saw a fashionable hold as Disney’s “The Devil Wears Prada 2” retained its first-place position, collecting £5.2 million ($7 million) over the weekend. The sequel has now amassed a cumulative total of $28.5 million after 11 days in theaters. Universal’s musical biopic “Michael” maintained a strong presence in second […]

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Spanish-Language Super Bowl, Formula 1, Mr. Beast Partnership All Part of Univision Sports Schedule

TelevisaUnivison aims to bolster its sports schedule in unique ways, adding Spanish-language telecasts of Super Bowl LXI and the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix as the Spanish-language media giant aims to deliver broad swaths of harder-to-reach audiences to advertisers. The company said Tuesday it planned to broadcast a Spanish-language version of Super Bowl LXI […]

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Don Francisco Charts Return to Univision

Don Francisco, the veteran talk-show host who dazzled millions of Spanish-speaking viewers with his Saturday-night program “Sábado Gigante” on Univision, will return to the network. The host, whose program was canceled in 2015 after a run of more than half a century, will host a new limited-run interview series featuring “major personalities from the Hispanic […]

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Maizen’s Hit YouTube Gaming Characters JJ & Mikey Expand Into TV Series, Books and Toys in New Pocket.watch Franchise Deal (EXCLUSIVE)

Family-friendly YouTube gaming channel Maizen is expanding its popular JJ & Mikey animated characters into a full-blown franchise across original content and consumer products through a partnership with creator media company Pocket.watch. Under the pact, the Japan-based Maizen’s “JJ & Mikey” series will begin streaming across platforms including Tubi, The Roku Channel, and Ryan and […]

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Super Bowl LXI Will Have Two Different Spanish Telecasts Across ESPN, Univision

The Super Bowl will be telecast across two different Spanish-language outlets, adding more dinero to Disney’s coffers as it seeks to monetize its rights to the 2027 game. Disney’s ESPN will broadcast Super Bowl LXI on its own ESPN Deportes, but also sublicense a telecast for TelevisaUnivision’s Univision in the U.S. Under terms of the […]

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Lady Gaga Concert Film ‘Mayhem Requiem’ to Premiere on Apple Music and Show for One Night Only in AMC Theaters

Lady Gaga has announced that her long-awaited “Apple Music Live: Lady Gaga Mayhem Requiem” will be released on Apple Music on Thursday at 8 p.m. PT/11 p.m. ET, and will also debut at the same time during one-night-only screenings at 15 AMC Theaters in select cities. Directed and produced by Morningview, “Apple Music Live: Lady […]

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Smosh Hires MTV Vet Cory Midgarden as YouTube Sketch Comedy Channel’s First-Ever Chief Content Officer (EXCLUSIVE)

Popular web sketch comedy company Smosh has hired former MTV Entertainment Studios exec Cory Midgarden as the brand’s first-ever chief content officer. In his newly created role, Midgarden will oversee Smosh’s content strategy and development, talent and casting, brand and marketing, and partnerships. This encompasses Smosh’s YouTube channels and broader content ecosystem, including series, tentpole […]

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Indian Horror Film ‘Numinous,’ Based on Real Paranormal Case, Boards Fearfolks for Cannes Sales (EXCLUSIVE)

Bangkok-based distribution and production company Fearfolks has come aboard the Indian, Hindi-language horror film “Numinous,” taking on worldwide sales and pre-sell rights at the upcoming Cannes Film Market. Directed by and starring Jay Alani – an Indian paranormal investigator, filmmaker, podcast host, and bestselling author – “Numinous” is drawn from one of Alani’s own documented […]

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Guillermo del Toro Declares Art Can’t Be ‘Done With a F—ing App!’ as He Brings ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ Back to Cannes After 20 Years: ‘The Second Worst Filmmaking Experience of My Life’

Guillermo del Toro’s “Pan’s Labyrinth” hasn’t lost any of its power to dazzle the Cannes Film Festival over the last two decades. The fantasy movie world premiered in competition at the 2006 festival, where it earned instant acclaim and was met with a still-record holding 22-minute standing ovation. Del Toro returned to Cannes this year […]

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Iris Knobloch Says ‘What’s Changed Isn’t Cannes’ Relationship With Hollywood — It’s Hollywood Itself’

There may be no studio logos on the Croisette this year, but don’t tell that to Iris Knobloch. A little over three years into the job, the Cannes Film festival president, who spent decades working for Warner Bros., isn’t buying the narrative of an American retreat from Cannes. “There are almost as many American films […]

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Christopher Nolan Defends ‘The Odyssey’ Armor and Casting Travis Scott After Online Backlash: ‘What Is the Best Speculation?’

Arguably the most hotly anticipated movie of the summer is none other than “The Odyssey,” celebrated filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s follow-up to his Oscar-winning “Oppenheimer.” It is a film the likes of which Hollywood rarely signs off on nowadays — an ambitious sword-and-sandals epic with massive sets, some practical effects, and a cast of thousands. The […]

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John Jarratt Horror ‘Shed’ Leads Black Mandala and Red Owl’s Nine-Title Cannes Film Market Genre Slate (EXCLUSIVE)

John Jarratt, currently in production on “Wolf Creek 3,” heads the cast of “Shed,” the marquee title on genre sales company Black Mandala’s Cannes Film Market slate, which the company will present alongside its sub-label Red Owl. Directed by Steven J. Mihaljevich, “Shed” is set on Christmas Eve, when a ten-year-old girl accidentally locked in […]

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Cannes Juror Paul Laverty Says ‘Shame on Hollywood’ for Blacklisting Susan Sarandon and More Actors Who Oppose War in Gaza: ‘They’re the Best of Us’

Cannes jury member Paul Laverty ended the festival’s jury press conference by slamming Hollywood for blacklisting actors such as Susan Sarandon who have spoken out against the war in Gaza. The Oscar winner, whose character in “Thelma & Louise” is on the official 2026 Cannes poster, went viral in February after revealing she lost her […]

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Ainsley Rossitto Named Head of Podcasts at Beehiiv

Creator-media portal beehiiv said it hired Ainsely Rossitto as head of podcasts, a sign that the company, best known, perhaps, for backing newsletters, is eager to tackle other parts of a new wave of influencer-focused platforms. Rossitto had been vice president of digital strategy and operations for podcasts across Paramount and previously held roles at […]

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Demi Moore Says Hollywood Must ‘Find Ways’ to Work With AI but Is ‘Probably Not’ Doing Enough Regulation: ‘To Fight It Is to Fight’ a ‘Battle We Will Lose’

Demi Moore weighed into the debate surrounding artificial intelligence during the Cannes Film Festival jury press conference on Tuesday, saying that “AI is here” and Hollywood should “find ways in which we can work with it.” Asked by Variety her thoughts on how AI is impacting the movie business and if there should be more […]

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‘Up to No Good’ First Look: Glenn Close Turns Elderly Killer in Channel 4 Drama as Richard E. Grant Among Names Rounding Out Cast (EXCLUSIVE)

She may look like an old lady dressed in her furs, but be warned … she’s deadly. The first look at Glenn Close as an elderly killer in Channel 4 series “Up to No Good” has been revealed, showing the eight-time Oscar nominee ready to cause havoc on the streets of London. First announced with […]

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Marvel’s ‘Moon Knight’ Director Mohamed Diab Talks Upcoming Arab Blockbuster ‘Asad’ With Superstar Mohamed Ramadan Who ‘Gave It His All’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Egyptian director Mohamed Diab, who made a splash at Cannes in 2016 with Islamic fundamentalism-themed thriller “Clash” and more recently helmed Marvel’s “Moon Knight” miniseries, is set for a wide Middle East release of his historical epic “Asad,” toplining Arab megastar Mohamed Ramadan and British-Lebanese star Razane Jammal. Ramadan, an actor and singer – who […]

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Dolphin Launches Publishing Imprint With Copper Books for Talent Across 42West, The Door, Shore Fire Media and More (EXCLUSIVE)

Dolphin is launching a new publishing imprint that will be exclusively available to the entertainment marketing and production company’s clients across its brands, including 42West, The Door and Shore Fire Media. Created in partnership with Copper Books, works published under this partnership will be distributed nationally through Simon & Schuster. Per Dolphin, “For the first […]

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‘Fatherland’ Producer Our Films And Paris-Based Entourage Ventures Forge Pact on Titles Produced in Tandem With Mubi

Paris-based firm Entourage Ventures has forged a strategic agreement with Italy’s Mediawan-owned Our Films – which is at Cannes as producer of Paweł Pawlikowski’s “Fatherland” – to invest in films that they produce in partnership with global streamer Mubi. The partnership expands the three-year co-production, financing and distribution agreement inked in 2025 between Rome-based Our Films […]

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Paul McCartney Turned Down His Own Netflix Roast (EXCLUSIVE)

Cannes Kicks Off With Peter Jackson Tribute, Jane Fonda and James Franco Returning From Cancellation

Netflix’s ‘His & Hers’ the Most-Watched Show So Far in 2026; ABC Touts ‘High Potential’ As Tops in 18-49 This Broadcast Season

Seth MacFarlane Lands on Emmy Ballot Six Times as Peacock Mounts 19-Category ‘Ted’ Push, With Brennan Lee Mulligan in Guest Comedy (EXCLUSIVE)

Mia McKenna-Bruce Joins Anthony Hopkins and Charlotte Rampling in ‘The Species’ (EXCLUSIVE)

ABC Fall 2026 Schedule: ‘High Potential’ Moves to Midseason in Surprise Shift; ‘Scrubs’ Gets Fall Slot

Madonna to Premiere ‘Confessions II’ Visual Film at Tribeca Festival

Laika and The Gotham Film & Media Institute Reveal Inaugural Fellows for Animation Accelerator Program (EXCLUSIVE)

Nurse John Sets North American Tour (EXCLUSIVE)

‘Harry Potter Meets MBTI’ Franchise ‘Solis Ark Academy’ Leads AI Studio Storyverse Into Cannes Market (EXCLUSIVE)

‘Doctor Dolittle: King of the Wild’ Begins Production Under Sycamore Studios and Reel FX Animation (EXCLUSIVE)

‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ Struts to Second Week Victory at U.K. and Ireland Box Office

Spanish-Language Super Bowl, Formula 1, Mr. Beast Partnership All Part of Univision Sports Schedule

Don Francisco Charts Return to Univision

Maizen’s Hit YouTube Gaming Characters JJ & Mikey Expand Into TV Series, Books and Toys in New Pocket.watch Franchise Deal (EXCLUSIVE)

Super Bowl LXI Will Have Two Different Spanish Telecasts Across ESPN, Univision

Lady Gaga Concert Film ‘Mayhem Requiem’ to Premiere on Apple Music and Show for One Night Only in AMC Theaters

Smosh Hires MTV Vet Cory Midgarden as YouTube Sketch Comedy Channel’s First-Ever Chief Content Officer (EXCLUSIVE)

Indian Horror Film ‘Numinous,’ Based on Real Paranormal Case, Boards Fearfolks for Cannes Sales (EXCLUSIVE)

Guillermo del Toro Declares Art Can’t Be ‘Done With a F—ing App!’ as He Brings ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ Back to Cannes After 20 Years: ‘The Second Worst Filmmaking Experience of My Life’

Iris Knobloch Says ‘What’s Changed Isn’t Cannes’ Relationship With Hollywood — It’s Hollywood Itself’

Christopher Nolan Defends ‘The Odyssey’ Armor and Casting Travis Scott After Online Backlash: ‘What Is the Best Speculation?’

John Jarratt Horror ‘Shed’ Leads Black Mandala and Red Owl’s Nine-Title Cannes Film Market Genre Slate (EXCLUSIVE)

Cannes Juror Paul Laverty Says ‘Shame on Hollywood’ for Blacklisting Susan Sarandon and More Actors Who Oppose War in Gaza: ‘They’re the Best of Us’

Ainsley Rossitto Named Head of Podcasts at Beehiiv

Demi Moore Says Hollywood Must ‘Find Ways’ to Work With AI but Is ‘Probably Not’ Doing Enough Regulation: ‘To Fight It Is to Fight’ a ‘Battle We Will Lose’

‘Up to No Good’ First Look: Glenn Close Turns Elderly Killer in Channel 4 Drama as Richard E. Grant Among Names Rounding Out Cast (EXCLUSIVE)

Marvel’s ‘Moon Knight’ Director Mohamed Diab Talks Upcoming Arab Blockbuster ‘Asad’ With Superstar Mohamed Ramadan Who ‘Gave It His All’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Dolphin Launches Publishing Imprint With Copper Books for Talent Across 42West, The Door, Shore Fire Media and More (EXCLUSIVE)

‘Fatherland’ Producer Our Films And Paris-Based Entourage Ventures Forge Pact on Titles Produced in Tandem With Mubi

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